Miniature Bulbs

Blue cloth with yellow lettering on spine. Book has light edge and corner wear with some interior toning mostly on endpapers. Book is square with a secure binding. Jacket has some wear and light chipping/tearing along top edge. Some toning on back side of jacket. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 191 pages; Book deals with small bulbs like crocus. Of special interest is the signature of Gertrude wister on the ffep. This book along with others we have on line originally came from the library of John C. Wister, one of America's foremost horticulturalists. Gertrude was his wife and a well-known horticulturalist in her own right. These books were acquired, around 1990, by Steven Wheaton as he began work on the restoration of the gardens at Barnsley Gardens, an antebellum estate in Northwest Georgia. Interesting association copy. ; Signed by Notable Personage, Related